Cuff-holder



G. W. BELLL (No Model.)

CUFF HOLDER.

Patented Mar. 18,1890.

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. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

GEORGE WHITNEY BELL,

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 423,722, dated March 18, 1890.

Application filed December 2, 1889. Serial No. 332,249- (No model.) I I To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE \VHITNEY BELL,

State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders; and I do hereby'declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in cuff-holders; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and in combinations of parts more fully and particularly set forth hereinafter.

Referring 'to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a section of the holder in operation, showing portion of a cuff in longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective of the holder, showing the cult-button detached.

. In the drawings, the reference-letter a indicates a cuff.

71. indicates the cuff-button, having a straight shank '5, provided with a transverse slot or opening 0.

'The holder consists of the elongated body or bar 6, preferably tapered at its outer end to readily enter the slotted shank of the cuffbutton. At its inner endthe body is provided with the spring clamp or catch k, pivoted thereto to tightly engage the shirt-sleeve and lock the cuff thereto. Within its length the body I) is provided with a lateral arm d, to extendthrough the two inner button-holes of the cufi. The upper portion of this arm is provided with a lateral slot f, partially closed at its open end by a depending tongue or lip g. A spring arm or tongue e is secured, preferably pivoted, at one end to the bodyb near the inner end thereof, so that its free end can be slipped laterally intothe slot f and beheld therein by the lip g.

button-holes and forming a catch to retain the arm in said holes.

p The extreme simplicity and many advantages of this holder are obvious. The wear,

tear, and trouble of passing buttons through hard stiff cuffs are avoided.

lVhat I claim is 1. A cuif-holder consisting of the elongate flat body formed at its outer end to engage and holdthe cuff-button shank, the slotted lateral arm projecting from its body within its length, the laterally swinging springtongue pivoted at one end to the body, with its free end adapted to engage said slotted arm, and a clamp pivoted to the inner end of the body to grip the shirt-sleeve, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the cuff-button having a slotted shank, of an elongated rigid body formed' at its outer end to enter said shank, a lateral arm projecting from the body between its ends to pass through the rear cuff-button holes, a laterally-swinging spring- GEORGE IVHITNEY BELL.

WVitness'es: 1

J. P. DETAMORE, WM. ARNETT. 

